HEALTHY LIVING

Studies have shown that children traced with pesticides on their urine can have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. A study conducted in Canada shows that upon testing children with pesticides on their urine, 119 of them are with higher chances of having this hyperactivity disorder.

The findings of a study conducted on 123 middle-aged and older adults, who added yoga classes to their standard diabetic care, yielded favourable results.

Having one of the world's highest crime rates,South Africa has revealed plans to ban alcohol advertising in an attempt to curtail violence driven by excessive drinking, the health minister said.

A review of the Australia’s food labelling laws early this year failed to recommend a mandatory traffic light system for unhealthy food, pointing out that the system should only be implemented on a voluntary basis.

The Obesity Policy Coalition says the new mobile app called Traffic Light Food Tracker will enable users to work around the food industry's hesitation in supporting traffic light labelling. Obesity Policy Coalition spokeswoman Jane Martin says the system has been shown to improve people's eating habits.

We are our own worst beauty critic, appears to be an overwhelming truth in the research released by Dove today, as over 85% of Australian women agree to this. Women cited hatred and dislike for everything from the stomach and hips to the tips of their toes. Majority of women (88%) believed that the pressure to be beautiful is everywhere, and half of Australian women (50%) admits that the biggest influence is the pressure they exert upon themselves to look beautiful.

September heralds the beginning of spring. Flowers are all in bloom, grass and leaves are greener and pollen abounds. Spring ushers in common illnesses like allergic rhinitis and bee stings.

As you exercise, the blood circulates throughout the body, bringing nutrients to all the organs and muscles. Exercise helps lymph fluids circulate through the body, which removes toxins and other harmful materials.

Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys are fronting the cover of Glamour this month, part of their combined efforts to help highlight breast cancer and the lives it touches.

Statistics have shown that Australian male life expectancy is 79 years, ranked fourth among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The OECD member countries average is 76.3 years.

Despite common assumptions, youth sex isn't the only good sex, says Margaret Morganroth Gullette. In this excerpt from her book, "Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America," she posits that many women find that sex actually improves with age.

Keeping the liver in proper working order is essential because one role of the liver is to break down excess estrogen. Poor diet, alcohol, and medications including pain relievers (ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, etc.), cholesterol lowering drugs, Rogaine (minoxidil), and steroids can damage the liver.

Fine line and wrinkles aren't inevitable. In fact skin experts believe that most of the skin damage can be prevented with a little know - how and some special care. Here are the Top10 factors to bear in mind no matter what your age.

But just because you understand why they are sleeping in doesn't mean that teens should get a blank check to be late for school every day. The fact is that they have to get up at a certain time every day for school.

When the vegetables are abundant in late summer, roasting them is a great way to use a lot at once. Once roasted, the possibilities for incorporating them into meals are endless.

Mothers who breastfeed their babies in public are probably used to frequent stares and occasional negative comments about keeping such affairs in private. But Big Latch On is hoping to change the cultural stigmas that look down on breastfeeding.

You can start doing some basic easy exercise, like pelvic tilts, soon after delivery (only if you feel up to it).

There's a lot of crazy news, it seems, happening around the world: London riots, stock market volatility, rising food inflation, and so on. But the way through all this is to focus on SOLUTIONS that help us be better prepared for the hard times that are already beginning to unfold around us.

Yoga holds a number of benefits both before and during pregnancy, however these practices call for modifications in order to accommodate the growing baby and protect the placenta.

Low libido can be an indication of a health condition that you may not have heard about from your doctor: adrenal fatigue.

After 20 years of addiction, I've finally quit coffee - and developed a raging addiction to green tea.

Upon the release of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon price package (to take effect July 1, 2012), there has been talk aplenty of her plummeting popularity. The PM has dismissed the commentary in favour of the scheme's necessity, saying, "Polls will come and go... I'm absolutely convinced what I'm doing's right." The scores of people supporting action on climate change undoubtedly applaud this stance. For its part, Beyond Zero Emissions welcomes PM Gillard's carbon pr...

Sagging skin is caused by losing too much weight too quickly. Slow, gradual weight loss does not result in excess flab, but rather, gives your skin and other body parts a chance to respond to all the changes that weight loss brings.

A VLCD may allow a severely to moderately obese patient to lose about 3 to 5 pounds per week, for an average total weight loss of 44 pounds over 12 weeks.

Women with poorly treated asthma who are pregnant are at increased risk of suffering from uterine hemorrhage and vaginal bleeding. But the most frequent complication for the mother is a condition that can lead to premature delivery, or the need to induce delivery, sometimes before the fetus is viable.

If you have been weight training prior to becoming pregnant, then you may continue your weight training activities during pregnancy as long as they are not activities that could result in a loss of balance and you lower your intensity to prevent an increased body temperature and heart rate.

Stretches that elongate your abdomen will help create that strong, lean middle. Doing yoga regularly will improve your flexibility, posture, and strength, while giving you that fringe benefit you're looking for-sculpted abs muscles.

Genetic variants can be controlled to some extent by adjusting a person's diet and lifestyle. Just because you have a relative who has breast cancer or you carry certain genetic mutations does not mean you have suffer with cancer. It is clear that lifestyle and diet can influence risk from faulty genetics.

Waistline watchers beware: drinking diet soda won't help you lose weight. According to data presented to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions diet soda may actually contribute to weight gain and Type 2 diabetes.